This is my theory on the original poster's issue.
If you look closely in the early 80s and up till the early 90s, Poland had a very high spirits (i.e. liquor) consumption compared to certain countries in Europe. It is also describe by Moskalewicz in 1993,
"As a predominantly spirits drinking country, Poland is characterized by infrequent, but heavy, drinking with high levels of intoxication among males, leading to high rates of acute problems associated with alcohol consumption, and a lower prevalence of chronic problems."
I don't have any data regarding spousal abuse, but based on other data that I've seen, alcohol consumption had a significant affect on the rates of domestic violence cases. These episodes of domestic abuse had a traumatic effect on the wives and daughters of many men, and thus, made it more convincing to the female population in the later years that maybe marrying a foreigner would not be a bad idea -- if that will get them away from an environment laced with domestic abuse.
Just my $0.02.
If you look closely in the early 80s and up till the early 90s, Poland had a very high spirits (i.e. liquor) consumption compared to certain countries in Europe. It is also describe by Moskalewicz in 1993,
"As a predominantly spirits drinking country, Poland is characterized by infrequent, but heavy, drinking with high levels of intoxication among males, leading to high rates of acute problems associated with alcohol consumption, and a lower prevalence of chronic problems."
I don't have any data regarding spousal abuse, but based on other data that I've seen, alcohol consumption had a significant affect on the rates of domestic violence cases. These episodes of domestic abuse had a traumatic effect on the wives and daughters of many men, and thus, made it more convincing to the female population in the later years that maybe marrying a foreigner would not be a bad idea -- if that will get them away from an environment laced with domestic abuse.
Just my $0.02.